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Ragazze Americane, Look Up! Hilary Towle, Contributing Writer The scene: shades of light yellow, beige, and terracotta everywhere. The smell: chimney smoke during the day, cigarette smoke late at night. The taste: delicious Italian meals. The sound: car horns, church bells, and boots clicking on the cobblestone. The feel: cold and misty for the first few days, warm sunshine for the past couple of days. Alas, we have ar rived in the small, beautiful town of Sansepolcro, Italy! Words cannot begin to explain the excitement I was feeling upon my first step onto Italian soil. We arrived in Sansepolcro a day later than was planned due so wintry weather, so we were im mediately thrown into activity in order to keep the schedule on track and to quickly orient us to Italian time. We were forced to stay awake and moving until 9:30 PM, so we immediately sat down to our first authentic Italian meal prepared in the palazzo, which was quickly followed with choosing bedrooms, a tour of the town, unpacking, and pizza for dinner (a consolation prize for keeping us awake). Meredith College has chosen a prime location for its program in Italy and the students who participate get to live in what has to be one of the most beauti fully restored l6th centuiy palaz- zos in all of Sansepolcro (or all of Italy, for that matter). I’m not sure there is any group of study abroad students anywhere, past or present, who are as lucky as we in their living accommodations. Even with its cool temperatures (one must always have on many layers and carry a blanket in order to keep warm in this place), the wooden beam ceilings, brick pat terned floors, paper drum light shades, slate staircase complete with a wrought iron railing, tiled bathrooms, stucco walls, beautiful furniture, and Italian artwork in every room makes this a unique living space that feels authentically Italian but still maintains a func tional and modern atmosphere to both work and live in. “Ragazze Americane, Look up!” has been the mantra of Dr. Webb, John Rose, and ourselves as there is so much to be seen eveiy- where you go, most of it above eye level. We nine students here are the “ragazze americane,” or “the American girls,” and we are con stantly reminded “Look up!” If we don’t, we’ll miss out on all of the unique architecture that makes up the town of Sansepolcro. Sansepol cro is quite literally the epitome of a tiny Tuscan town with its meander ing cobblestone streets, multi-stoiy narrow buildings with vines grow ing up the sides, laundry hanging on clothes lines outside windows, and even small elderly-ish aged women walking the streets carrying large bags, their hair covered with colorful scarves. There is something to see everywhere, and I have yet to walk 4own any street within the walls of Sansepolcro without seeing something new. Photo courtesy of www.meredith/ edu/abroad Upcoming Events gathered! by Kristen Gallagher • Meredith Habitat for Humanity Club meeting: 2/25 at 7 p.m. Tentative location: HAR 214 • Psychology Club, March 3rd- Gen eral Club Meeting- 6:30pm • Comm Club’s meeting: Thursday, March 4 at 3:30pm in the Comm Study Lounge • MEA meeting, Februaiy- 26th—Club Meeting, 10am, 204 Harris • History and Politics Club meeting, Monday, March 8th • Meredith Advocates for Young Chil dren - Monthly Meeting, March 9: Conscious Discipline (Guest Speaker - Kim Hughes, Project Enlighten ment) • Chopin Exhibit, 1st Floor of the Library • Diversity Grants, Deadline 3/12/2010 email any campus events to herald@meredith.edu for inclusion here Campus Announcements Want to request that a book be added to the Libraiy's siielvcs? You can request books, movies, and music via the “Add a Book” link on the left side of the Library’s website (meredith.edu/library) or fill out a slip and put it in the sugges tion box on the Circulation Desk counter. You can also tell a library employee or email library@meredith.edu. Continued from the Front Page: Hartford’s Retirement Erin Etheridge, Staff Writer And wouldn’t it be fun if we found a strong alumna to run the institu tion?” Finally, The Herald asked Hartford how she plans to spend the next few years. Where will she spend retirement, and is she really retiring for good? “We were tempted to retire in Hilton Head or maybe even where one of our kids lives now, but we made the deci sion that we like Raleigh and are well-connected in the Triangle, so our primary residence will be here. Whether I’m paid or not, I will continue to be involved in both the Meredith and the Triangle com munity. I’m going to take a year to get my head together, and then I’m going to come back and teach one course a year to stay involved. I’d like to teach a course in Leadership Studies. I will make myself avail able to the next president; if there are things I can be helpful with. I’d be happy to volunteer.” Hartford hopes she will be remembered at Meredith “as an involved president who cared about keeping students at the center of all we do, and who was committed to saying that women can do anything.” She allows her self a moment to reminisce about a “golden era” in the Triangle between 1999 and 2003 when the presidents of the North Carolina College System, Duke University, Meredith College, North Carolina State University, and Peace Col lege were all women. Chuckling fondly, she shares, “We used to get together eveiy week and have lunch and say to each other, ‘Can you believe this is happening?’ It was incredible.” Overall, Hartford is proud that by definition she will always be remembered as the first female president at the institution. “Regardless of who I was, even if I had been incredibly inept (which I hope people don’t think!), there is a power that comes from sa3nng that there is a woman at the head of a women’s college.” We wish Dr. Hartford a happy retirement and the best of luck in all of her future pursuits.
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